chance是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 an occasion that allows something to be done -- 機遇；機會；時機

  • I didn't get/have a chance to speak to her. 我沒有機會跟她說話。

  • [ + to infinitive ] If you give me a chance to speak, I'll explain. 要是你給我說話的機會，我會解釋的。

  • Society has to give prisoners a second chance when they come out of jail. 犯人出獄後社會必須再給他們一次機會。

  • He left and I missed my chance to say goodbye to him. 他走了，我失去了跟他道別的機會。

  • I'd go now given half a chance (= if I had the slightest opportunity). 有一丁點的機會我現在就會走。

• 1 the level of possibility that something will happen -- 可能性

  • You'd have a better chance/more chance of passing your exams if you worked a bit harder. 你要是再用功一點，通過考試的可能性會大一些。

  • [ + (that) ] There's a good chance (that) I'll have this essay finished by tomorrow. 到明天我很可能會寫完這篇文章。

  • There's a slim/slight chance (that) I might have to go to Manchester next week. 下週我也許要去曼徹斯特，不過可能性不大。

  • If we hurry, there's still an outside (= very small) chance of catching the plane. 要是我們抓緊時間，沒準還能趕上飛機。

  • "Is there any chance of speaking to him?" "Not a/No chance, I'm afraid." 「有可能跟他說話嗎？」「恐怕一點都沒有。」

  • I don't think I stand/have a chance of winning. 我覺得自己沒有贏的可能性。

  • UK John thinks they're in with a chance (= they have a possibility of doing or getting what they want). 約翰認為他們有機會。

  • Her resignation has improved my chances of promotion. 她的辭職增加了我晉升的可能性。

  • What are her chances of survival? 她倖存的機會有多大？

  • [ + that ] What are the chances that they'll win? 他們贏的可能性有多大？

• 2 a possibility that something negative will happen -- （不好的事情發生的）危險，風險

  • I'm delivering my work by hand - I'm not taking any chances. 我要親手遞送自己的作品——我可不想有任何閃失。

  • There's a chance of injury in almost any sport. 幾乎任何體育運動都有受傷的危險。

• 3 the force that causes things to happen without any known cause or reason for doing so -- 偶然，碰巧；巧合

  • Roulette is a game of chance. 輪盤賭是碰運氣的遊戲。

  • I got this job completely by chance. 我得到這份工作完全是偶然。

  • [ + (that) ] It was pure/sheer chance (that) we met. 我們的相遇純屬巧合。

  • We must double-check everything and leave nothing to chance. 我們必須把每件事都覆核一遍，絕不能心存僥倖。

  • Are you Hungarian, by any chance? 你或許是匈牙利人？

  • Could you lend me a couple of pounds, by any chance? 你能不能借我幾英鎊？

  • You wouldn't, by any chance, have a calculator on you, would you? 你或許沒帶計算機吧，是不是？

• 4 to risk something -- 冒險

  • You'd be a fool to chance your life savings on a single investment. 你要是把一輩子的積蓄都放到一項投資上就是個傻瓜。

• 5 to happen or do something by chance -- 偶然發生；碰巧

  • [ + to infinitive ] They chanced to be in the restaurant when I arrived. 我到的時候他們正好在餐館裡。

  • I chanced on/upon (= found unexpectedly) some old love letters in a drawer. 我偶然在抽屜裡發現了一些舊情書。

  • Ten years after leaving school, we chanced on/upon (= unexpectedly met) each other in Regent Street. 畢業十年後，我們在攝政街偶遇。